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An army of bakers have created a stunning life-sized Grenadier Guardsman made entirely out of cake, winning praise from Great British Bake-Off stars Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

Hundreds admired the impressive six-foot masterpiece at the BBC Good Food Bakes and Cakes Show which has been created by a team of eight including Flint amateur baker Vicki Smith.

The life-sized soldier cake was baked by the Army Air Corps’s first female helicopter pilot Rose Dummer, who is now one of the UK’s top cake makers, and she was joined by a team of talented cake decorators.

Created for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, the mammoth creation took two weeks to make and includes arms made from Rice Krispie treats and buttons and a belt buckle made from 24 carat gold leaf.

British Bake-Off star Hollywood took to Twitter to congratulate the team on the epic creation, which has been nicknamed ‘Gus’, saying it was ‘superb’.

The amazing life-sized cake had foodies in fits of laughter as the quirky design includes a Corgi urinating on Gus’ shoes.

Vicki said: “When I was asked to join the team in making a Grenadier Guard in two weeks I thought Rose was nuts and couldn’t see how it was possible but seeing it complete now I’m amazed how we pulled it off and truly anything’s possible in cake now!

“People walked past thinking it was a statue not really taking much notice, but then they came back saying oh my God someone just told me this was actually cake!”

It didn’t go to waste with the bakers whisking him away to be enjoyed by soldiers at the Wellington Barracks at Buckingham Palace.